Hiking from the Eifel to the Rhineland

The approximately 100 kilometres long Roman canal from Nettersheim to Cologne is a nearly two thousand -year -old feat of engineering technology. The former water flow follows the modernised 116 kilometre long Roman Canal Hiking Trail past the relics of the Roman canal in a total of seven stages. Along the way there are about 50 new information boards set up at the Roman relics.

The free pocket guide “Roman Canal Hiking Trail” and the archaeological hiking guide “The Long Roman Pipeline”, allows excellent and safe orientation, and perfect planning of your hike. Places to eat and stay the night from the route teams offer you welcoming breaks. You can also receive your hiking stamps there for your hikers’ passport. Specially trained guides also offer guided hikes along the Roman canal hiking trail. The tracks of the German Railway company (DB –Deutsche Bahn) and the Cologne public transport company ( KVB-Kölner Verkehrsbetrieb) run parallel to the hiking trail.

Because the signs are marked on both sides, the hiking trail can be used in both directions (to Cologne and to Nettersheim).